2017 witnessed for the latest Android version called Android Oreo, and we also saw that the new version has started to increase its distribution in Android devices. Well, as we entered into a brand New Year and Google releases the first Android distribution chart of the Year. It shows that the Android Nougat which is the latest and final update for many Smartphones out there has got a significant jump in the distribution chart. So, let’s get into the article to know the latest statics of each and every versions of the Android.
Let’s Start with the latest version of Android i.e. Oreo, in last month the v8.0 of the OS was at 0.5. And it has managed to stay at the 0.5% share, and the v8.1 rise and it has 0.2% share. The reason behind of not getting more share for the version 8.0 is because many Android Oreo devices got an update to the 8.1, and it resulted in the 0.2% growth for the 8.1 version of Oreo.
Moving to the Nougat (which is new and last major update for many devices), managed to strengthen its share (as v7.0 increased by 1.8% and v7.1 increased by 1.2%), and now it has total share of 26.3%. This is really a good job for the Android version and it is really happy to see that many OEMs pushing the latest update to their devices.
Coming to the older versions, Android Marshmallow continuously going down this month its dropped by 1.1% and the OS is active on 28.6% of devices, but still the version has the major share in the Android distribution. Speaking about the Lollipop, the numbers continuously going down, both the versions (v5.0 and v5.1) of Lollipop and it loses the second spot, as now it is slipped to the third spot in the chart with 25.1%. In terms of Android KitKat, it also goes down by 0.6% and in this month it is active in the total number of 12.8%.
Jelly Bean is active in 5.6% devices, Ice Cream Sandwich is active on 0.5% devices and the Gingerbread, is active on 0.4%. Both the Ice Cream Sandwich and Gingerbread stay at the same position where it was in the last month.
So, which Android version are you running on your device???
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Source: Android Developers
